Opening Update
The Gardens and Skelf Island Adventure Playground are open daily, from 10am (9am for Friends of Castle Howard) with last admission at 4pm.
The House is now closed due to a large filming project, and will not reopen to the public until November. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Pre-booking is essential.
Our team will be managing the capacity of the adventure playground area at busy times. This may mean that you will be asked to queue or limit the time you spend on the playground to 2 hours subject to demand. Thank you for your ongoing cooperation.
The Coffee Shop is open daily 9am - 5pm
The Boathouse Café is open from 10am - 3pm (Mon-Fri) and from 10am - 4pm on weekends
The Courtyard Cafe is currently closed.
The Castle Howard Farm Shop and Garden Centre are open daily from 10am - 5pm with social distancing measures in place.
Our outlets are currently all operating on a 'cashless' basis as part of our Coronavirus Safety Policy. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
The Courtyard and Boathouse toilets are open, including the accessible toilet, and the baby changing facility.There are additional sanitisier stations around the House and Gardens,
Please note that the Kelly Car land train will not be operating until further notice.
Thank you for your continued support.
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